Category: Action Movies
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REVIEW: Aquaman and The Lost Kingdom (2023)

The only reason this isn’t the worst movie of 2023 is because Momoa is so easy to root for.
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REVIEW: The Hunger Games – The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (2023)

“If you love the originals, this will only stoke your Hunger Games fire. But if you’ve never seen the originals, you can still take it in as a stand-alone film and really enjoy yourself.”
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Is THE EQUALIZER 3 the best of the trilogy?

The first Equalizer is one of the best action movies of the 2010s. But how does THE EQUALIZER 3 stack up against its predecessors? Plus, our favorite Denzel Washington roles and films.
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BLUE BEETLE was good but we’ve seen all this before…

Blue Beetle is surprisingly entertaining… but we’ve seen all of this before. Come hang out with us and let’s talk about the final DCEU film before James Gunn’s true takeover. Plus, a discussion on superhero movie fatigue.
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Did GRAN TURISMO actually turn out to be a good movie?

A video game “based on a true story” movie with an August release date? Usually not a good sign. But we were impressed with Neill Blomkamp’s GRAN TURISMO! Plus, what is a major sporting event that’s on our bucket list?
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REVIEW: The Equalizer (2014)

Director Antoine Fuqua takes what really should be a pretty standard action movie and makes it one of the best of the decade…
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REVIEW: Valkyrie (2008)

79 years ago today, July 20, 1944, Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg attempted to assassinate Adolf Hitler during a military strategy meeting at the Wolf’s Lair in East Prussia. Stauffenberg and his group of accomplices wanted a change at the head of state to show the world that not all Germans were sympathetic to Nazi ideals. ***…
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Does Tom Cruise have another summer blockbuster with MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – DEAD RECKONING PART ONE?

Thanks to the pandemic, it’s been five years since we last saw Tom Cruise’s Ethan Hunt go on another “impossible” mission. With Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, we discuss if this is the best film of the franchise, if it meets its high expectations and what we thought of the new additions to…
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REVIEW: Mission Impossible – Dead Reckoning, Part 1 (2023)

Ethan Hunt (played by Tom Cruise) and his team of Benji Dunn (Simon Pegg), Luther Stickell (Ving Rhames) and Ilsa Faust (Rebecca Ferguson) are tasked with finding and securing two halves of a key. The key supposedly controls an A.I. known as “The Entity” and uses data to learn and predict human outcomes. Every government…

